When people think of the military, they often think of the time they spend in another country, hoping to return alive. No one ever considered the possibility that they might have died in there. Soldiers are reborn through war, often seeing through someone else's eyes. In “The Soldier's Home” by Ernest Hemingway, the author illustrates how a person who has lived through war can change radically if enough time has passed. This story tells of a man named Harold (nickname: Krebs) who joined the marines and finally returned after two years. Krebs is a lost man who finds it too complicated to adapt to the normal way of life and is put under pressure by his parents. In “Soldier's Home” Krebs is completely different from when he left for the marines. He no longer sees the world the same way. Instead he sees it as a place stuck in time with very little change. He has to lie about things that happen in war in order to digest what really happens. “His city had heard too many stories of atrocities to be thrilled with the reality. Krebs discovered that to be heard he had to lie, and after doing so twice, he too had a reaction against the war and against talking about it” (1). Krebs often thinks about how complicated normal life is. Look at the girls with their fancy hairstyles and the way they dress. Sometimes he thinks it would be okay to have a woman, but it's too complicated to even try. This is what the army taught him. “He wanted to live without consequences. He also didn't really need a girlfriend. The army had taught him that” (2). Krebs mentions the army a lot throughout the story, which may lead one to draw the conclusion that perhaps the reason why Krebs is the way he is, is because the conditions and standards he was in... middle of paper ... . he doesn't love her but in the end he says he's sorry. This shows that Krebs is really confused about what to say now. He no longer wants to tell lies to the people around him and he still feels like life will be too complicated with the lies he will have to tell and the job he doesn't want. “He felt sorry for his mother and she forced him to lie. He would go to Kansas City and get a job and she would feel good” (7). Krebs may feel forever alone in this world that seems stuck in time. He may never feel the way he did before he joined the Marines. Krebs lives a life that he feels is too complicated for him. He is no longer the same person he was two years ago. The person he once was is now buried somewhere deep beneath the lies he tells every day to expose the things he has done. Krebs is still fighting a war, not a physical war, but a war within himself.